136 A VOYAGE TO Book III. 



8. The village of St. Juan dePononome, fo called 

 from the name of its cacique; its inhabitants are In- 

 dians, who fíill retain tlie bovv and aiiovv, at which 

 they are very dexterous, and of an iiitrepid bravery. 



9. The village of Santa Mana is íitu.iíed in a trail: 

 of land dilcovered by Gonzp'.o de Badajoz. The 

 name of its laft prince was Efcolia ; it is at prefent 

 wholly inhabited by Spaniards. 



10. The village of Santo Domingo de Parita, the 

 laft word being the name of its prince. It was for- 

 merly inhabited wholly by Indians, but at prefent 

 there are many Spaniards among them. 



1 1. Taboga, Taboguilla, and other iflands, near 

 which the pearl filheries are carried on, were difco- 

 vercd by the order of Pedro Arias Davila, the iirft 

 governor and captain-general ot the kingdom of Terra 

 Firma. In thefe iflands are houles belonging to Spa- 

 niards, and huts for the Negro divers. 



12. The iflands del Rey were dit'covered by Gafper 

 de Morales and captain Franciico Pizarro. In thefe 

 iflands fomc Spaniards have houfes, belides great num- 

 bers of Nesro divers. 



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Second Province of Terra Fir7na, 



The fecond province of this kingdom is that of 

 Veraguas, of which the city of Santiago is the capital. 

 The iirft who difcovercd thiscoafl was admiral Chrif- 

 topher Columbus, in 1503. To the river now called 

 Veragua, he gave the name of Verdes-aguas, on ac- 

 count of the green colour of its water; or, according 

 to others, becaule the Indians called it by that name 

 ii:; their language. But, however that be, it is from 

 this river that the province derives its name. In 1508, 

 the captains Gafpar de Efpinoia, and Diego de Alvi- 

 rez, renewed the difcovcry by lantt; but being re- 

 pulfed by prince Urraca, were obliged to content 

 thcmfelvcs v/ith a fettlement in the neighbourhood: 



and 



